Is it really dead?

[Granite]

I see there were updates less than 30 days ago. Are we REALLY sure that this game is now abandoned?

[Alshain]

Are we sure? No. T2 could theoretically still be taking it seriously.

Is it extremely likely they are? No, it's probably dead.

[NiceGuy]

Nobody can really tell but most likely yes it's over. T2 will never announce it officially to be abandoned even if it is the case. So it's up to you to decide...😎

[Skorj]

Well, the studio is definitely gone. There may be a support team at PD doing a last bugfix or two,

It's possible someone buys PD and carries on the IP. Previous attempts to sell the KSP IP fell apart on T2 being too greedy, but if PD as a whole is being sold at a more reasonable price, who knows. I doubt a new owner would want to continue KSP2 though. I could see buying the IP to start development on KSP3 though.

KSP2 is unrecoverable, but there is still much love for Kerbals.

[Dr.Bourinos]

Well, the automated depots tracked by steamDB stopped the day they closed the studios (i.e. disconnected and sold the PCs), since then nothing happened on the steam front. Nate's looking to scam people somewhere else as per his linkedin profile...
If there's no pulse and no head, yeah, it's dead. Anyone telling you otherwise is just high on mohopium.

[Skorj]

Originally posted by Dr.Bourinos:

Well, the automated depots tracked by steamDB stopped the day they closed the studios (i.e. disconnected and sold the PCs), since then nothing happened on the steam front. Nate's looking to scam people somewhere else as per his linkedin profile...
If there's no pulse and no head, yeah, it's dead. Anyone telling you otherwise is just high on mohopium.

The dev branches were last updated yesterday (July 5). It's uncertain what that means, could be just automation left running. The patient may be braindead, but it does have a pulse.

It's been implied by T2 that PD has a support team, which may still be doing bugfix work. I don't believe T2 about much, but support teams are separate from the dev studios. For legal reasons, it makes sense for PD to support old games still being sold, just for crashes and will-not-start bugs with new video driver versions. Doesn't mean we'll get another bugfix path, let alone anything meaningful, but another bugfiix wouldn't surprise me. T2 is trying to sell PD after all, so it makes sense to polish the turd.

[Depaskala]

It's hard to tell if it was a scam of just a disastrous venture lead by vy dumb, incompetent people.

But NOW it is 100% a scam.

[Dr.Bourinos]

Originally posted by Skorj:

Originally posted by Dr.Bourinos:

Well, the automated depots tracked by steamDB stopped the day they closed the studios (i.e. disconnected and sold the PCs), since then nothing happened on the steam front. Nate's looking to scam people somewhere else as per his linkedin profile...
If there's no pulse and no head, yeah, it's dead. Anyone telling you otherwise is just high on mohopium.

The dev branches were last updated yesterday (July 5). It's uncertain what that means, could be just automation left running. The patient may be braindead, but it does have a pulse.

Uh? Both development, development2 and development4 hasn't been updated in the last 5 days my dude. Where do you see updates past the 1rst of July?

[AlizeInSpace]

Originally posted by Dr.Bourinos:

Originally posted by Skorj:

The dev branches were last updated yesterday (July 5). It's uncertain what that means, could be just automation left running. The patient may be braindead, but it does have a pulse.

Uh? Both development, development2 and development4 hasn't been updated in the last 5 days my dude. Where do you see updates past the 1rst of July?

He is seeing that there was a record update yesterday which has nothing to do with branch development. The record update usually has something to do with the store. The dev branches have not been updated since July 1 as you indicated. I'm assuming the branch updates were automatically done daily and were set to turn off July 1. The day after everyone was fired. It's definitely Kerbover.

[rootsector]

i have been a game tester for about 15 years now and i can tell you all that most of the time there is still small set of program teams working on patched bug fixes ect on numerous games still well after studios shut down product managment pays months and sometiime years in advance to smaller spec teams to calandar out patch work ups and code fixes the update was probly just that

[rootsector]

and under contract even if the studio dosentr exist anymore they cannot comment or respond to anything about the game on any social or media sites

[Dr.Bourinos]

Originally posted by rootsector:

i have been a game tester for about 15 years now and i can tell you all that most of the time there is still small set of program teams working on patched bug fixes ect on numerous games still well after studios shut down product managment pays months and sometiime years in advance to smaller spec teams to calandar out patch work ups and code fixes the update was probly just that

And I've been Nate Simpson for about 15 years, my team and myself got fired for incompetence because our perfect game bombed and blasted all the community with it.
But it's just a minor setback, I bought a Pentium II with my golden parachute and I am currently testing my newer version that I developed under a bridge, it'll come out in a matter of weeks, not months, will have 16 times the details and will run 10 times faster than KSP1, pinky promise!

[Skorj]

Originally posted by Dr.Bourinos:

Originally posted by rootsector:

i have been a game tester for about 15 years now and i can tell you all that most of the time there is still small set of program teams working on patched bug fixes ect on numerous games still well after studios shut down product managment pays months and sometiime years in advance to smaller spec teams to calandar out patch work ups and code fixes the update was probly just that

And I've been Nate Simpson for about 15 years, my team and myself got fired for incompetence because our perfect game bombed and blasted all the community with it.
But it's just a minor setback, I bought a Pentium II with my golden parachute and I am currently testing my newer version that I developed under a bridge, it'll come out in a matter of weeks, not months, will have 16 times the details and will run 10 times faster than KSP1, pinky promise!

Support teams are a real thing, and are different groups than the studios - often in different countries. Doesn't mean we'll get another bugfix patch for KSP2, but if some NVidia driver update made the game unable to launch, a support team would fix whatever was needed to keep KSP2 on the Steam store.

[Dr.Bourinos]

Originally posted by Skorj:

Originally posted by Dr.Bourinos:

And I've been Nate Simpson for about 15 years, my team and myself got fired for incompetence because our perfect game bombed and blasted all the community with it.
But it's just a minor setback, I bought a Pentium II with my golden parachute and I am currently testing my newer version that I developed under a bridge, it'll come out in a matter of weeks, not months, will have 16 times the details and will run 10 times faster than KSP1, pinky promise!

Support teams are a real thing, and are different groups than the studios - often in different countries. Doesn't mean we'll get another bugfix patch for KSP2, but if some NVidia driver update made the game unable to launch, a support team would fix whatever was needed to keep KSP2 on the Steam store.

I'm not denying they exist, I'm just denying there is one for a title that crashed and burn as hard as KSP2 did.
The "fully funded, fully staffed" team did ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ for more than 5 years, if a B-team must come, they'd better start from scratch.

[Blind]

Originally posted by Granite:

I see there were updates less than 30 days ago. Are we REALLY sure that this game is now abandoned?

Bruh that recent update fixed things that ksp1 fixed YEARS ago. If the games not dead, its just being reanimated as KSP1 with a texture pack. With how much of a trainwreck it is, you couldn't pay me enough to play the multiplayer whenever that comes out. Cant imagine how bad thats gonna be if it is released.

[phoneticdecay]

KSP1 Lite w/ Texture Pack Coming to Mobile next summer.